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Man City away Wedders 26th April - bar snacks

Qwiss

Cannon we definitely need something different up there.

awooga83

Totally getting done by a cleverer team and they seem to have gone with De Bruyne running in behind us. Could easily have been 2-3 already. Just can't see how we get a result based on this week just look mentally gone.

est

Coombs It was easy for Liverpool, it was easy for West Ham, it was easy for Southampton. We've been very poor defensively after the World Cup.

Coombs

est we've been top of the league that entire time, pretty hard to spin negatively.

No need to overcomplicate this analysis, we're just not quite there yet as a club. As these guys improve (Arteta included) and we continue strengthening the squad, we'll develop better late-season resilience and tactical flexibility. I'm sure of it.

awooga83

est yeah and I'm not sure what that means about the defence generally, were we really that good or have some things been hidden by a bit of luck.. This consistent poor performance can't is something more worrying.

Rohit

They are everywhere and we have no confidence either on the ball or to throw more bodies forward.

est

Tactics It's not getting prettier either, sadly.

Coombs

Clrnc Arteta clearly has no interest in switching it up at this point. Maybe its something we'll develop in the future, hopefully in "Phase 4" of the master plan.

Burnwinter

Coombs Of the Mikel Arteta Extended Footballing Universe? 😬

Gazza M

Coombs he's incapable of switching up. our whole rise has been built on buying the right pieces to execute plan A. we just have to keep buying so that any tactical naivete/inflexibility on artetas part isn't exposed as much

Gazza M

rice and caicedo in the summer please. close to being done with partey, he's been rubbish when we needed our veterans to stand up. and xhaka will always be xhaka at the end of the day

Rohit

Chance for Partey

Xcdude24

Partey shouldn’t be taking those tbh

MistaT

Xcdude24 — he’s scored two bangers from there this season alone!

Can’t be turning our nose up at chances

MistaT

Partey looks the only player with the technique and physicality to trouble City.

Odegaard, Zinchenko, and Xhaka clearly lacking the physicality/stamina.

The rest may have the physicality but look clueless of how to get on ball and to crest something with it.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Just how the fuck do you beat these wankers?

SimplyThePest

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert Carlo Ancelotti's left eyebrow...

est

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert Not set up like this you won't.

We have no midfield. Front three are totally out of the game. It's basically our back 5 against their XI.

AAStyle

They are doing the same again and again. What is our manager doing?

est

Wow, we manage a shot. Means they'll probably score soon.

Gunner89

People talk about holding but it's not knee jerk but a very evident drop in quality.

Same when you go from Partey to elneny.

Kel Varnsen

A lot of teams would have done a lot better than us in this situation. Including several teams in the PL.

Coombs

Kel Varnsen well, none of them are in this situation, so they can get fucked.

SimplyThePest

Kel Varnsen 100%. Arteta's inflexible, done us no favours.

Clrnc

Everytime we play a big match Xhaka looks so out of depth when he gets pressed. Totally sore thumb

Cannon

Jesus is useless. Too short and not even fit IMO

Xcdude24

I also don’t feel like this pressing approach works given the state of our back line and the quality of their front line

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